RFP #584
Documentary Shooting – Reimagine of THODW
Presented by Soma Innovation Lab in partnership with Our Legacy Creations
PORTFOLIOS
TEAM
E.C Morgan | CEO of Soma Innovation Lab
Digital visionary guiding innovation in the ever-evolving media landscape.
E.C. brings a wealth of experience and a passion for innovation to his role as CEO of Soma Innovation Lab. With over 25 years in the digital media industry, he has a proven track record of success in leading companies through periods of growth and transformation. Before founding Soma Innovation Lab, he founded Morgan Capital Management, an investment management company. His fund, MCM Partners, was featured in Barrons Financial News for Top Performance. He invested in digital media and emerging technology. EC is a strong believer in the power of technology innovation fostering a collaborative culture to drive success in the digital age.
Karen Morgan | Executive Producer & Creative Director, founder of World One Metaverse
Karen is a creative leader who bridges the gap between design and technology.
As Executive Producer and Creative Director at Soma Innovation Lab, she spearheads the creation of groundbreaking experiences at the forefront of design innovation and technology, XR/AR/VR, interactive user experiences.
Karen brings over 20 years of experience in crafting impactful campaigns and innovative projects. Her expertise lies in creative direction, technical execution, design and project management. Prior to Soma Innovation lab, she led Soma Girls TV, a digital media channel, featuring short form lifestyle content reaching #19 on Comscore video metrics with 64 min of engagement per month 7.6min per visit and over 1 Billion impressions. Her strong background in luxury content creation, immersive storytelling and user experience has allowed her to work with luxury brands across the globe. Including Chopard, Hanro, HTC, Microsoft, Nokia, ABC, NBC, CBS, AT&T and more
Terrence Williams | MANAGING DIRECTOR, OLC
Terrence Williams is an international live entertainment producer with over 25 years’ experience in first-class live entertainment.
Past Companies & Projects:
Cirque du Soleil
Speigelworld
America’s Got Talent LIVE - Vegas Residency
The Illusionists - Sydney Opera House, Broadway, London’s West End
Circus 1903 - AU/US/UK/Middle East Tours/ Vegas Residency
Now You See Me LIVE - Asia Pacific Tour
Anna Robb | Executive Producer , OLC
Anna Robb is an experiences Entertainment Executive Producer. Her 23 year work history spans Asia Pacific, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Europe/
Past Companies & Projects
Cirque de Soleil
Dragone
Christie Digital Systems
The Sydney Opera House
Battle Royal Studios
Sands, China
Atul Rau | Emmy award winning writer, producer and story editor
Atul’s expertise has been utilized to develop original and branded properties in the international markets.
In the arena of factual series, Atul was head writer and story editor for the Discovery Channel series called “Prank Science” and also served as a Post Writer on the emmy award winning show, “The Amazing Race” (3rd Season). Early in his career he worked as a researcher on the documentary series “Changing Families”, and a writer/director on “Destination X” not he Travel channel in Canada.
Atul has extensive experience in animation and children’s programming. In live action, he was a performer and Producer at YTV, after which worked in Los Angeles as an Executive Producer at Fox Family Worldwide.
Recently Atul was head writer/story-editor/co-developer on a new show for Mattel and Netflix called, "Deepa & Anoop" which has scored 4 international Kidscreen awards in 2023. Atul also was a writer on "Ghee Happy", with his episode recently won the Annie Award for best TV/Media in Preschool. Right afterwards, he worked as a staff writer on a Peacock Plus (NBC) called "Press Start" as well as "Mekbots" and Disney's "Spidey and his Amazing friends." Atul is also developing a new series for Gaumont and a series for Sony Kids. Atul has written and/or developed TV shows for majors such as NBC Kids, Disney Channel, Marvel, Cartoon Network, Discovery Channel, Mattel and Netflix.
Robert Crawford | Head of Strategy & Strategic Partnerships
Robert has 15+ years of experience in research academia, engineering consulting, and leading innovation and strategy teams at PepsiCo. Additionally, Robert is an expert in human factors and product design, has performed 250+ forensic investigations, and is passionate about innovation management and technology strategy.
Robert holds a PhD from The University of Texas at Austin and BS/MS from Villanova University. Robert loves Villanova basketball and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Rob McEntegarts | Head of Business Affairs / Distribution (consultant)
Over 25 years of experience in the business aspects of motion picture, television and digital content production and exploitation, specializing in the business affairs of development, production, financing and distribution for theatrical motion pictures and television/digital content including features, limited series, episodic series and documentaries for studios, networks and streamers.
- Proven expertise with deals for rights, talent, production personnel, and financing and distribution of entertainment content, especially feature films and television content for all platforms, and including the production/financing/sales model.
- Negotiated on behalf of leading film and television companies for the services of major talent, for the acquisition of rights to screenplays, fiction and non-fiction books, comic books, video games, remake rights, life story rights, etc., for domestic distribution of features (both seller side and buyer side) and foreign sales, and for exploitation of ancillary rights such as television, web series, online games, music, soundtrack, publishing, etc.
- Architect of complex rights and talent deal structures and profit participation arrangements, designed for different business models.
- Expert analysis of financial models for content financing.
- Production legal services and/or supervision of production legal services on well over 100 film and TV productions.
A non-chronological selection of projects worked on in various capacities, including projects directed by Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Sam Raimi, Wim Wenders, Spike Lee, the Coen Bros., Terrence Malick and Tim Burton:
THE HUNGER GAMES, HOME ALONE, REPTILE, CALLS (tv), TALES OF THE CITY (tv), PITCH PERFECT 2, PRECIOUS, DR. BRAIN (tv), LENNY BRUCE: SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH (doc); SHIRLEY (2022), FOR COLORED GIRLS, JUNO, THE LAST FULL MEASURE (2020), MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2, ALEXANDER THE GREAT (tv), LINCOLN LAWYER, STRANGER THAN FICTION, G.I. JANE, HAROLD & KUMAR (1-3), ALIEN 3, THE GRUDGE, THE THIN RED LINE, OLD BOY, MI FAMILIA, BARTON FINK, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, DRAG ME TO HELL, THE QUIET AMERICAN, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING, THE APOSTLE, ADAPTATION, DON'T DRINK THE WATER (tv), BRAVEHEART, TERMINATOR 3, K19: THE WIDOWMAKER, THE QUIET AMERICAN, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, DIE HARD 2
Peter Karl | Emmy-award winning writer, documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Goodform.
His 2022 film Rivals - a deep dive into the psychology of sports rivalry - was narrated by Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons and awarded the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Writing - Long Form. Peter has also directed & produced both long and short form projects for AppleTV (Gamechangers), Fox Sports (The Long Game), and Amazon (American Fútbol), among others.
His most recent project, The Nitrogen Dilemma (in post-production) explores major flaws in our global food system through the perspectives of farmers around the world. Filmed in Ukraine, Kenya, Brazil, Indonesia & the United States in 2023, it is scheduled to release in Late 2024.
Also an avid traveler, Peter combines his experience working & living abroad with his passions for sports and filmmaking to tell authentic, dramatic stories that appeal to a global audience.
A.J. Kelly | Executive Producer, Creative Director and co-founder of Goodform.
Over the last decade, A.J. has produced over 20 feature films, 12 short films, and 4 unscripted series including Another You, an Apple Music documentary following the Weeknd’s preparation for Coachella, and HBO’s Game of Thrones talk show, After The Thrones. He’s also led marketing campaigns for notable global brands including Adidas, Sony & Ford, among others.
Most recently, AJ (with Goodform) led the first U.S. production to shoot an entire feature film in Bali, Indonesia. He has also premiered films at prestigious film festivals around the world including Cannes, SXSW and Tribeca.
As a creative director, AJ has designed campaigns for Seth Rogen’s home goods company Houseplant, Major League Soccer, New Era and an in-person experiential fashion show for the film House of Gucci.
Mel Lim | Traditionally trained architect turned technology strategist. Founder of chateauz
20+ tech products launched, $300M raised and 100+ design awards.
20+ years serving as CPO/CMO/CIO/ and Advisory Board Member for technology companies in AI, robotics, cybersecurity, neuroscience, and prop tech
Mel Lim has spent over three decades building scalable, innovative products and experiences to serve enterprises and global brands. Her extensive R&D initiatives in the XR space, where she experimented and built spaces across numerous platforms, enabled her to gather massive amounts of data over the past five years. She identified key business challenges and transformed her data into actionable insights. When it comes to powering enterprises, Chateauz™ knows WHY, WHEN, HOW, and WHICH levers to pull..
The Power of Design
We leverage the power of design to create digital experiences that deliver immersive stories, superior creative and high fidelity architecture.
Our distinct focus is to design innovative technology solutions for brands to leverage the power of creativity, community and commerce. We deliver next generation design experiences that boost brand image and impact every facet of the Customer Journey.
Our Methodologies
We recognize that we are a creative technology and propduction partner, providing critical services in collaboration with our clients. We take an agile and iterative approach to design, focusing on the end users and involving them early and often. One of our strengths is our ability to adapt to the methodologies of our customers. In both our long term and short-term projects, we understand the importance of aggressive timelines and clearly defined project deliverables.
Project Management
We understand technology is changing rapidly. Our experience combined with our flexibility enables us to not only manage the development process but also the change that is inherent to such projects. We are highly collaborative and consultative in our development approach and utilize a custom workflow system to track all milestones and project timelines. We have been delivering successful products since 2001. In that time we have formulated development methodologies that enable us to compete aggressively in an international market.
Seamless Activations
We leverage our network of strategic partners, press & media, influencers, ambassadors and celebrities to activate the growing metaverse marketplace and build audience.
Art & Creativity
We recognize the importance of creativity, experience and design. This creates a dedicated user base, which in turn leads to brand recognition. We are expert artists who are adept at Content Creation, Curation and Customization.
Test & QA
Quality assurance is performed prior to launch with key stakeholders. We use custom created test plans in conjunction with the certification to ensure the highest level of performance.
Research
We can help you do market research and customer discovery to discover the needs and wants of your customers in Web3.
Strategy
We can collaborate with your internal teams and analyze your customers' needs and wants to discover the most appropriate metaverse strategy for your success in the future of internet..
Innovation
We will make sure your metaverse execution is unique and innovative, to assure your execution stands out from the competition.
Visual Identity
We work with your internal team to make sure your brand image stays the same or gets enhanced in the metaverse.
Content
We work with your internal teams to create the most engaging, fun and interactive experiences to ensure the maximum engagement and adoption for your customers.
User Experience
We understand Web3 technologies are very new and thus, we make the experiences super user friendly to ensure a seamless adoption from your customers.
Execution
We have a team of concept artists, 3d graphic designers, character artists, developers and producers that can meet all of your needs around execution of any web3 technology
Education
We work with your internal teams to create the most targeted and engaging educational content to ensure the maximum engagement and adoption for your customers.
Training & Support
Our team offers support and maintenance of the technologies we execute for you and can train your internal support team as well.